Notes, observations from Raiders exhibition finale

For the record, Raiders coach Dennis Allen called Thursday night’s 21-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks “significant” because it came in the final tune-up before the regular-season opener. Deep down, though, Allen knows this game won’t be remembered by many, if any, 10 days from now.
That is, if the Raiders starters take the field against the San Diego Chargers on Sept. 10 at the Oakland Coliseum and play as well as Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie think they’re going to play.
After all, at least 22 of the players who played Thursday night won’t be around for the game, possibly more if McKenzie is able to find better options among the more than 1,000 players cut Monday and Friday.

— Allen made good on his promise to use his starters, for the most part, though many other teams didn’t take any chances with some or all of their projected starters.
Not all of the starters played — defensive tackles Richard Seymour and Tommy Kelly, wide receivers Denarius Moore and Jacoby Ford, center Stefen Wisniewski and running back Darren McFadden were among those who didn’t play because of injury or added rest.
Even so, the starters didn’t get a whole lot of playing time. Quarterback Carson Palmer, for instance, lasted only six plays, and he handed off the ball all six of those plays.

— Recent acquisition Roscoe Parrish couldn’t have had much worse of a debut than the one he put forth Thursday night.
He fumbled away the ball at the end of his first punt return for strike one. On the second one, he struggled getting his helmet squared away — how does that happen, by the way? — sprinted toward the right sideline for the ball, dived at the last second and muffed it. Fortunately for Parrish, the Seahawks defender who recovered the ball was out of bounds at the time.
Even so, damage done. Parrish was handed a golden opportunity to be the Raiders punt returner to start the season, and he all but fumbled it away.
Allen diplomatically said afterward that Parrish isn’t defined by what happened in the game. Maybe not, but Bryan McCann handled punt return duties the rest of the game.
Actions speak louder than words, it says here. And Parrish just went from being a lock to a potential casualty when the Raiders trim their roster to 53 on Friday.
If Parrish goes, McCann jumps to the head of the line, perhaps on kick and punt returns, at least as long as Ford and Moore aren’t healthy enough to handle those roles, respectively.

— Rookie Christo Bilukidi started at defensive tackle and played almost the entire game. Sure, Kelly and Seymour weren’t playing, but this spoke more to the Raiders seeing how Bilukidi would hold up against the Seahawks starters, as well as through extensive playing time.
Bilukidi didn’t disappoint, though he struggled on a few plays. He likely sewed up a roster spot with his performance.

— Rookie linebacker Nathan Stupar recorded 11 tackles in his best showing through four games. That might be enough to vault him from practice-squad candidate to a member of the 53-man roster.

— Second-year quarterback Terrelle Pryor was unable to build upon his breakout game last Saturday night.
It wasn’t for lack of effort on Pryor’s part. He completed 6 of 9 passes for 55 yards and a respectable 83.1 passer rating. However, he was under fire almost every play, with the backup linemen powerless against the Seahawks defensive surge.

— The Raiders fared pretty well in terms of penalties once again. This time, they committed six for 50 yards, which are figures Allen can live with when compared to the league-leading figures from last season’s team.

— Wide receiver Eddie McGee caught three passes for 36 yards. Not eye-opening figures, but in light of Parrish’s abysmal showing, it might be enough to warrant the Raiders keeping McGee ahead of Parrish.
McGee was fresh from a game in which he slipped twice on passes thrown his way and had a third pass knocked out of his hands and turned into an interception.
It might be too little, too late for McGee, but he at least has to feel better about his chances now than he did five nights ago.

— Allen praised rookie Rod Streater for his hustle in chasing down a Cardinals defender at the end of an interception Aug. 17. Allen said he hoped others were watching and would follow suit.
Well, perhaps fellow rookie Brandon Carswell missed that play, for he just stood there when a Seahawks defender intercepted a pass thrown for him Thursday night.
Fortunately for Carswell, the review of the play revealed that Carswell touched the defender as he was falling to the ground after making the interception. Still, Allen no doubt isn’t going to be pleased with Carswell not switching from a receiver to a defender in a second’s notice.

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Intrepid Says:
August 31st, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Seriously,that would be mass x theory of gravity. Haven’t found any gravitons, yet. Marks hairs comment hinting at the complexity. Don’t get me started.
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Dude….. Stop it! It’s a fact. Not a theory. There are plenty of evidence to support it.
Your weight, that force that pulls you down when you jump, or do you think it’s a magical hand that NASA is trying to avoid when going to space.

realtruraider

I don’t see them giving up on DVD, from all reports he looked damn good in training camp and showed up last night, plus after he made a couple plays he didn’t play much more unlike Checkwa. I just feel it would be hard for them to cut DVD because they have seen his potential. Checkwa on the other hand didn’t have a good camp and the last two games looked horrible

The offense has to be able to run the “Bells and whistles” plays of Knapp’s playbook, better than the vanilla garbage they couldn’t execute very well thus far…Or this could get ugly. Remember the nightmare of the Knapp/Culpepper/McCown era?

That’s exactly why I’m sending my kid to a private school, and I will continue homeschooling her.
You People…..

Twocents

Raider O, you are confusing the effect of gravity with the theory of what it really is. If you have some spare time, pick up a copy of The Electric Universe by Thornhill and Talbott. Fascinating stuff.

raiderzmaverick

Welcome to the Bread & Breakfast #2 offense with your coach Knapp.

Luckily we have damned good talent all around that even a crappy scheme not catering to any of their strengths, they’ll still manage to make plays and not have us at the bottom of the league. But without a strong running game his offenses don’t move AT ALL.

Really, 5 first downs all game? I know it’s not with starters, but they weren’t playing their starters either.

There is no such thing as “real”. We are all creations of super advanced society. We only exist in computer generated simulation. Our lives are no more real than the characters in Grand Theft Auto. Some 13 year old kid is dictating our lives in between bouts of whacking off.

raiderzmaverick

Compare, from walking in off the couch, no time to learn a playbook, no training camps or organized activities or offseason time to throw with the receivers to get timing down, last year Palmer looked comfortable pretty quickly.

This year so far…
“In 17 preseason possessions, Carson Palmer led the Raiders to one touchdown.
Palmer’s adjustment to new OC Greg Knapp’s offense has been rocky. In four preseason games, he went 33-of-56 (58.9 percent) for 321 yards with four interceptions and one touchdown.”
And, weapons like Reece are being entirely unused.

raiderzmaverick

Just Fire Baby Says:
August 31st, 2012 at 6:38 am

Knapp has OC’D a top 5 offense (top 3 actually) more recently than the Raiders have made the playoffs.

We will score more points in 2012 than 2011.
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Knapp (like the Raiders were the past decade) are sticking to the past. What worked for him in the 1990’s won’t work in today’s passing league.

Marks hair

Do you know how mass works or why it exists? What holds atoms together at all? Figure that out. Then you can really explain gravity.

Twocents Says:
August 31st, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Raider O, you are confusing the effect of gravity with the theory of what it really is. If you have some spare time, pick up a copy of The Electric Universe by Thornhill and Talbott. Fascinating stuff.
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I’m familiar with the theory, and I do appreciate theories, but theories are just opinions till they can be proven with evidence.

And again I repeat, Lienart is our #3. He will be the best #3 in the entire league, hands down.
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Since people even keep track of crap like that……. What is it with you people here.

EMRaiders

For gravity to exist, there needs to be mass. Higgs Boson particle is supposedly what gives mass to all objects, so it could have a big influence on gravity, yet what, or how much is not known. It used to be believed that the rotation of the earth is what caused gravity to exist, but that theory has come into question recently.

The only thing absolutely known and certain about gravity is that it exists. But how it actually works and what it is exactly is still being studied.

Einstein stated that when mass reached the speed of light, and doubled it, it would transform into energy. what actually happens at this point and after is not known because, well, we haven’t been able to conduct those experiments as of yet. At least that I know of. We have thrown atoms around and stuff, but not actually done it with let’s say an apple, pencil, or living thing. We are getting close though.

Some believe time travel could be achieved at that point, but really, no one really knows yet.

Black holes have huge gravity because of their huge mass. They take in whatever crosses their path, and absorb the mass of such objects, even light. So just imagine how strong the gravity is when light itself, going as fast as it does, cannot even escape it’s pull. Pretty amazing huh? Which is why some quantum physics scientists believe that black holes could be like worm holes in the universe, a form of time travel, if you will.

And why the black hole at the O. is as amazing as it is…lol Nothing escapes it! 🙂

DutchRaider77

Mario Henderson released by the Chargers…

CODEBLACK2011

wass brackin’ my raider nation brehs?

realtruraider

Steve Corkran‏@CorkOnTheNFL

Bills reportedly cut veteran WR Derek Hagan. Wouldn’t be a bad guy for the #Raiders to bring back, and actually use this time.
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